BUSINESS NEWS
Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. announced that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to Great Bend Alive.
Great Bend Alive, Inc. is a non-profit offshoot of Great Bend Economic Development, created to bring more quality-of-life amenities to downtown Great Bend. One of the groups more popular events is the Friday night entertainment district on Forest Avenue which takes place on the final Friday of each month April through November.
The Sharing Success grant will be used to help fund the community mural art project at Great Bend Alive Plaza. The project is a “paint by the numbers” style mural, with local volunteers helping to paint Art Alley which is the alley located between the 2000 block of Forest and Lakin Aves. in Great Bend. The alleyway artwork will have a clear protective coating and the paint is rated for vehicle traffic.
Wheatland’s Great Bend Cram the Van event is taking place at this month’s Final Friday, Sept. 30 from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. on Forest. Bring a cash or can donation and come watch the live-streamed Great Bend High School varsity football game against Dodge City, play the 50/50 raffle, register for prizes and join in the fun while helping to restock the Community Food bank of Barton County.
The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from community-based organizations on December 1, 2012. Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each contributed $10,000 again this year to the fund. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted. Since 2012, the Sharing Success Fund has made $125,000 available to community-based organizations and projects across Wheatland’s service territory.
Community based organizations interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund can apply online at https://www.weci.net/sharing-success-program. Questions should be referred to Alli Conine, Director of Member Services & Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.